Stranded

Chapter 3- Separation

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Shiro still couldn't shake the strange feeling that he got every time he thought about the legs injuries, upon looking down at his own leg again, he realized there was a burn but there was also a long cut right next to it, Four out of five paladins all having some kind of cut on their leg can't be a coincident, he thought as they exited the Green Lion to start the journey to Hunk.

After running and jetpacking for a while, a sudden groan of frustration from Pidge brought him out of his thoughts as he looked down at her.

"What's wrong?" he asked.

"My scanners just reset and now Hunk's signal, which was right in front of us, is far to my left. Check yours."

As he checked, Shiro noticed she was right, they were no longer going in the correct direction even though they were just moments before.

"How did that happen?" Shiro's confusion evident in his voice, he was hoping that Pidge had some sort of scientific explanation for this and could fix the problem before they ended up out of anyone's reach.

"I don't know. This planet does seem to have some strange readings being thrown around, but it shouldn't affect our scanners like this." She replied looking down at a screen projected from her wrist.

"Can you do something so our scanners can avoid the interference?"

"Maybe, but not from here," she took a deep breath before continuing, locking eyes with him, "Shiro, I think we have to go back to the Green Lion. I can't do anything from here like this, and unless you want to be spinning around in the dark on an unknown planet we have to go back to Green."

Shiro's dislike of the idea was obvious, but at the same time he was having a hard time coming up with an argument. Without their scanners working properly they would never be able to find Hunk using them, and with the darkness quickly descending on them they wouldn't be able to get a visual on him either.

"I don't like it," he needlessly said, "but you're right. We'll never find each other this way. Keith did you hear all of that?"

"Yeah, I heard, and I agree. Lance and I will hold up here, we all have emergency supplies in each lion that will last at least a few days."

"Alright. How's Lance doing?"

"He's actually looking better. He might even be able to move a short distance in the morning."

"Good, let's go Pidge." Shiro put a hand on her shoulder as they turned back around, he knew that her suggestion of leaving without Hunk was eating away at her and he couldn't have that. They needed her now more than ever.

"Pidge," he forced her to look at him, "I'm sure Hunk is okay. We will find him in the morning."

She gave him a soft smile, the gears already turning in her head as she planned out ways to modify the scanners and maybe even be able to contact Hunk.

By the time they got back to Green, the last shreds of light were disappearing, Shiro took one last look around they area before ducking inside to find Pidge already furiously typing code into a computer that she apparently kept in her lion.

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"Did you get all of that Lance?" Keith checked after hearing Shiro and Pidge start to make their way back to her lion. Lance nodded his head, he really did look better, but at the same time, he was exhausted. Keith went back to where the medical supplies were kept, if they were going to stay here longer-and now that Lance's wound was no longer bleeding, and he had a chance to recover, the wound needed proper attention.